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Like UFO Like Jelly Fish A jellyfish looks like a UFO floating in space API,Chrysaora fuscescens,Jellyfish Click/tap to enlarge Species intro

Like UFO Like Jelly Fish

A jellyfish looks like a UFO floating in space

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  1. This is most probably the Pacific Sea Nettle (Chrysaora fuscescens).
    http://www.pbase.com/splluk/ocean_park_hk
    Posted 11 years ago, modified 11 years ago

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''Chrysaora fuscescens'' is a common free-floating scyphozoa that lives in the East Pacific Ocean from Canada to Mexico.

Sea nettles have a distinctive golden-brown bell with a reddish tint. The bell can grow to be larger than one meter in diameter in the wild, though most are less than 50 cm across. The long, spiraling, white oral arms and the 24 undulating maroon tentacles may trail behind as far as 10 feet. For humans, its sting is often irritating, but rarely dangerous.

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Similar species: Flag-mouth Jellies
Species identified by WildFlower
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Uploaded Apr 29, 2014. Captured Apr 15, 2012 17:21.
  • NIKON D700
  • f/2.8
  • 1s
  • ISO2000
  • 28mm